The Overbrook Foundation is a progressive family foundation that supports organizations advancing human rights and conserving the natural environment.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Human Rights Grants Awarded at June 2011 Board Meeting

Earlier this week at its June 2011 Board of Directors meeting, The Overbrook Foundation's Human Rights Program awarded $1,120,000 in grants to 22 organizations in the categories of Domestic Human Rights and International Human Rights.

In its Domestic Human Rights program, the Foundation awarded grants to organizations working on issues of marriage equality/LGBT rights, Reproductive Rights, the US Human Rights Movement, and Media. In its International Human Rights, the Foundation awarded grants to three organizations that to a large extent focus their work to support human rights defenders as well as reproductive rights.

In its Domestic Human Rights program, for its work representing a unique collaboration among LGBT and other progressive funders to achieve marriage equality for same-sex couples in the United States, the Foundation awarded a $100,000 grant to Freedom to Marry and a $75,000 for Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund.

In its media portfolio, the Foundation awarded three grants; a $35,000 to Mother Jones for its reporting on domestic human rights issues in the United States, a $25,000 to National Public Radio for its coverage of environment and human rights issues, and a $65,000 to WNYC for its program On the Media.

Three other grants were awarded in the domestic human rights program area; a two-year $60,000 grant to Green For All (a joint project with the Foundation’s Environment program), and a $45,000 grant to The Innocence Project for its public policy program.

If you’re interested in learning more about these organizations, click on the links above to learn more. For a complete list of organizations support by The Overbrook Foundation, you can visit our website.

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The Overbrook Foundation, located in New York City, is a family foundation established in 1948 by Frank and Helen Altschul. The Foundation took its name from Overbrook Farm, the Altschul family home in Stamford, Connecticut. At the end of 2011, the Foundation has an endowment of approximately $122.6 million and had awarded approximately $6.1 million in grants over the course of that year.